WICHITA FALLS, Texas – No. 5-ranked Midwestern State attempts to set a new school record as it hosts Lubbock Christian on Wednesday night. The Mustangs look to extend their unbeaten streak to 27 games, and kickoff at Stang Park is scheduled for 7 p.m.
Midwestern State matched the previous record of 26 consecutive games without a loss with a 2-2 draw at West Texas A&M on Saturday night at The Pitch in Canyon, Texas.
Alan Rivera scored his fifth goal of the season in the 56th minute, and
Cristopher Guevara scored his second goal of the campaign in the 68th minute. WT scored on both of their corner kicks in the second half.
Midwestern State is 11-0-4 overall with a 5-0-2 record in conference play. The Mustangs are 4-0-1 at home this season. The last loss for the defending national champions came more than a year ago as UT Dallas defeated the Mustangs, 2-0, at Stang Park on Oct. 18, 2025.
Parker Plaxco leads the Lone Star Conference and is 11th in the nation with 12 goals this season. The senior from Stephenville, Texas, has four multi-goal games this season, and he has four game-winning goals, which is the most among LSC goal scorers and the fourth-most in the nation.
Midwestern State is outscoring opponents this season, 40-12, and the plus-28 goal differential is the third-best among NCAA Division II programs.
Jose Ortiz is the second-leading goal scorer in the LSC with seven goals for the Mustangs, who are scoring 2.7 goals per game, which leads the LSC and is eighth-most in the nation.
Rivera is the third-leading goal scorer for the Stangs, while
Juan David Valencia Vacca,
Liam Kervick and Lawrence Doe Jr. have each scored three goals.
Cooper Tea,
Italo Rodriguez and Guevara each have two goals. Victor Hernandez has also made it onto the scoresheet for the Mustangs.
Ethan Krchnak leads the Mustangs with six assists.
Cooper Tea and
Oscar Nunez each have five assists, while Rivera and
Davis Mays both have three assists. MSU is averaging 2.1 assists per game, which is second in the conference and 23rd in the nation. The Stangs lead the conference and are 10th in the nation with 7.4 points per game.
Goalkeeper
Jake Morris has started all 15 games for the Mustangs and played nearly 1,340 minutes this season, which leads the conference. The junior from Parker, Colorado, is fourth in the LSC with an
.840 goals-against average, and he has the second best save percentage in the conference at .800. Morris is making 3.2 saves per game for the Mustangs, who are outshooting opponents, 18-9. Morris has made 48 saves this season.
Midwestern State leads the all-time series with Lubbock Christian, 12-0-4, and has won the last five meetings, including a 1-0 victory in the 2025 Lone Star Conference Tournament Championship at Stang Park last season. Kervick scored the goal for MSU in the 33rd minute of action.
Lubbock Christian has managed two draws in its eight previous visits to Stang Park.
The Chaparrals are 6-8-1 overall this season with a 3-5-0 conference record. LCU is one point ahead of St. Edward's and UT Tyler and one point behind UT Dallas and Dallas Baptist, sitting sixth in the LSC standings.
Lubbock Christian is coming off a 2-0 loss at DBU and has lost all six of its away matches this season. The Chaps are playing their final road game of the regular season at Stang Park.
Lubbock Christian has only been outscored this season, 21-20, and Augusto Militao is the leading goal scorer for the Chaps with five goals this season. Alex Lachevre has added four goals for LCU, which has been shut out in three of its last four games, and the Chaparrals have only scored three away goals this season.
Last week at LCU Soccer & Track Complex, Miltao scored twice, and Lachevre scored once in a 3-1 victory over West Texas A&M.
Lachevre and Joao Catafesta each have three assists for Lubbock Christian, while Miltao has two assists and leads the team with 12 points. Lachevre has 11 points, and Catafesta has scored three goals to go with his assists for nine points.
Goalkeeper Milo Paci has 14 starts and has played more than 1200 minutes for the Chaps this season. His record is 5-7-1 with a 1.42 goals-against average and a .753 save percentage. Paci has posted two clean sheets this season for LCU.
Midwestern State makes the journey to Alpine, Texas, for a match against Sul Ross State on Saturday afternoon. Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m.
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